Social factors of the nonuse or the inadequate use of prenatal care in Côte d’Ivoire (original) (raw)

Abstract

Background: In Côte d’Ivoire, the health situation, and particularly that of pregnant women, is very critical since the socio-political crisis which is facing this country. Indeed, the maternal mortality rate has passed in this country from 543 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births in2005 to 614 maternal deaths in 2011.Objectives: As most of the medical causes of maternal mortality are preventable, it is pertinent to identify and prioritise the factors of the non-use of prenatal care and those of its inadequate use, to identify their mechanisms of actions and to characterise women who are more adopted by the above-mentioned risky behaviours. These are the objectives of this study.Methods: The data used here are those from the Demographic and Health and Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (DHS-MICS) carried out in Côte d’Ivoire in 2011–2012. To achieve the study objectives, we used the multinomial logistic regression models.Results: It appears from the analyses that, all things bein...